We went through all the do's and don't, urine sample, exam (ICK!), and then came the fun part! First ultrasound!! Since we thought I was over 7 weeks, we figured we'd be able to see something and maybe even a heartbeat. Well the doc did an internal ultrasound and at first was finding only an empty pregnancy sac. All I could hear was her saying "something might be wrong" over and over.
Finally after searching forever, she finally found what she THOUGHT was a TINY tadpole of baby, definitely not 7 weeks along. You can see the little guy below; way up in the top left corner, inside the big black circle, that TINY tadpole.
She told us she felt better about that but that she "wasn't doing her happy dance yet". She told us that we could come back in 2 weeks to see if baby was developing or not. I left feeling completely depressed. What started out so fun and exciting suddenly turned into what could be a tragedy.
Needless to say, the next 2 weeks were probably the longest 2 weeks of my life!! All I was doing was researching, crying, freaking out, reading about miscarriages, driving hubby crazy! The good news (if you want to call it that) was that I was starting to feel A LOT sicker, morning/all day nausea and just feeling downright crappy.
Finally the 2 week wait was over! We went to the doctor again, she used the internal ultrasound again and within seconds, saw a much larger baby, a yolk sac, AND....a HEARTBEAT!!!! I burst into tears immediately! That was, so far, the happiest, most relieving moment of my life! Below is this ultrasound, what the doctor determined was 8 weeks along. It's just the big blob inside the big black circle; so technical I know!
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